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Frankfurt Cathedral gives thanks for the Council of Nicaea with choirs and trumpets (but no after-service coffee)

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Jacques Ellul

Time-travel news

Jacques Ellul, the French theologian who wrote prophetically about the threat of technology to freedom, died today in 1994
19 May

St Mark’s, St John’s Wood

A church which suffered a devastating fire celebrates its patronal festival
27 Apr 25
London, England

Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire

Easter vigil with bells, incense, holy fire, and a drenching of holy water
19 Apr 25
England

Heritage Presbyterian, Glendale

Outdoor ‘Easter Sonrise’ service excels as the sun rises during communion
20 Apr 25
Arizona, USA

Rochester Cathedral, Kent

Venerating a bare wooden cross on Good Friday
18 Apr 25
England

The evangelical mind

Rupert Loydell takes issue with ideas about evangelism now and back in the time of the 1970s and 80s Jesus Movement
26 May 24

The deconstructed angel

‘We are left with incense, sermons for the stupid, moist handshakes, maybe weak coffee after church’ – a poem by Rupert Loydell
28 Feb 24

Martin Luther resurrected by AI

Martin Luther is born again as a walking, talking bot, in a bold new experiment in religion-meets-AI
19 Nov 23

Jesus lends a hand

The worship group goes into meltdown when the jumbo TV screen fails before the service – by Simon Jenkins
9 Sep 23

What we hope for

‘Faith is a sales assistant in a large department store’ – a poem by Rupert Loydell
9 Sep 23

Strange conversations

Rupert Loydell reviews two recent books, each a conversation between friends, including nun extraordinaire Sister Wendy Beckett
22 Mar 23

On holiday with the Lord

Travelling abroad this summer? Why not plan to warm a foreign pew in a church where you don’t know the language?
4 Jul 22

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

A formal said mass at the Holiest of Holies.
23 Nov 08
Jerusalem

Santa Eulalia

A tattooed waitress and an interesting wine – and sourpuss French pilgrims – await our reporter at his next station
23 Jun 19
Luarca, Asturias, Spain

The Prayer Palace

Beware and shape up - or else we'll follow you!
2 Oct 05
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Immaculate Conception, Portsmouth, NH (Exterior)

Immaculate Conception

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
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